Table 1.
Values of iron status markers in Group 1 (IDA cases/controls), Group 2 (s. ferritin <100 µg/L), and Group 3 (s. ferritin >100µg/L) cases
| Iron status markers | Group 1 (100 cases) |
Group 2 (27 cases) |
Group 3 (41 cases) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±Std. Deviation | Range | Mean±Std. Deviation | Range | Mean±Std. Deviation | Range | |
| Hb (gm/dl) | 8.26±0.68 | 4.10 (5.90-10.00) | 9.63±1.62 | 6 (6-12) | 8.98±1.43 | 5.1 (6.2-11.30) |
| S Iron (µg/dl) | 91.74±10.86 | 46 (67-113) | 40.6±16.28 | 58 (16-74) | 53.68±29.62 | 123 (18-141) |
| TIBC (µg/dl) | 416.86±35.47 | 188 (304-492) | 403.14±34.61 | 132 (306-438) | 399.39±27.25 | 114 (324-438) |
| Per_SAT (%) | 22.17±2.28 | 22.3 (13.6-35.9) | 10.34±4.94 | 18.6 (3.6-22.2) | 13.91±8.66 | 37.24 (4.10-41.34) |
| Ferritin (µg/l) | 11.34±3.88 | 16.0 (4.0-20.0) | 28.70±26.59 | 93.02 (2.72-95.73) | 281.81±142.39 | 605.95 (105.8-711.75) |
| Log_ferritin | 1.03±0.155 | 0.7 (0.64-1.34) | 1.29±0.40 | 1.55 (0.43-1.96) | 2.4±0.21 | 0.83 (2.02-2.85) |
| sTfR (µg/ml) | 2.34±0.55 | 3 (1.0-4.0) | 1.82±0.68 | 2.55 (0.45-3.0) | 1.28±0.5 | 1.81 (0.35-2.16) |
| sTfR/log_f | 2.40±0 0.81 | 4.38 (0.9-5.28) | 1.68±1.133 | 5.12 (0.23-5.35) | 0.53±0.21 | 0.83 (0.17-1.00) |
S Iron: Serum iron concentration, TIBC: Total iron binding capacity, per_SAT: Percentage saturation, log_ferritin-log arithmic value of serum ferritin level, sTfR: Serum transferrin levels, and sTfR/log_f: Ratio of sTfR to log ferritin